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    SEO Case Study: Optimising Skylight Lighting Blog for Organic Growth

    August 7th, 2025

    Client: Fritz Fryer Lighting
    Objective: Increase blog visibility and search traffic
    Role: SEO Strategist & UX Optimiser
    Tools: Google Search Console, SEMrush, Rank Math, WordPress, Canva


    The Challenge

    Fritz Fryer, a luxury British lighting brand, had a rich educational blog post- “How to Light a Space with a Skylight or Roof Lantern”, that wasn’t performing on search.

    • No ranking keywords
    • No structured headers
    • Weak meta description
    • No internal linking
    • Visually cluttered layout
    • No alt text on images

    Despite the brand’s authority, the blog wasn’t driving any organic traffic.


    My Role

    I worked as the Content SEO Strategist and Copy Editor to improve the blog’s organic performance. I was responsible for:

    • Keyword research to identify high-intent search terms
    • Rewriting metadata and headers
    • Adding internal links to products and service pages
    • Writing image alt text and renaming files
    • Reformatting the blog for clarity and engagement
    • Enhancing UX with white space, videos, and subheadings
    • Collaborating with the wider team to ensure brand voice and accuracy

    Content & UX Strategy Overview

    To ensure this educational blog performed well for both users and search engines, I applied a strategic layout and UX-driven structure:

    Above-the-Fold Strategy:

    • Included a clear, benefit-led title and H1: “How to Light a Space with a Skylight or Roof Lantern”
    • Positioned a hero image and supporting visual that matched the search intent
    • Placed key phrases and a brief summary to hook the reader quickly

    Content Flow & Internal Linking:

    • Grouped content into themed sections with scannable headers (e.g. “Layered Lighting is Key”, “Cost to Install”, “Who Installs the Lighting?”)
    • Used anchor-linked jump menus for easy navigation
    • Internally linked to product pages, lighting collections, and relevant services to guide users into the funnel

    UX & Readability Focus:

    • Broke up content using bullets, short paragraphs, and section dividers
    • Included supportive visuals throughout to maintain interest
    • Added FAQs and cost breakdowns to reduce bounce rate and improve dwell time

    SEO-UX Balance:

    • Chose keyword clusters that matched both commercial and informational intent
    • Optimised images for load speed and accessibility (alt text, file names)
    • Prioritised readability + mobile responsiveness

    Problems Identified:

    • No clear target keyword or search-optimised metadata
    • Headers lacked clarity and didn’t match common search queries
    • Blog wasn’t ranking for its intended topic
    • Images were not optimised for SEO (missing alt tags)
    • No clear hierarchy or flow; poor visual structure

    SEO & UX Optimisation – What I Did

    1. Keyword & Intent Strategy

    I researched long-tail keywords like:

    • “Skylight lighting tips”
    • “Lighting under a roof lantern”
    • “Pendant light ideas for atriums”

    These keywords were added to the blog title, H1, H2s, and metadata to increase relevance and improve indexability.

    Keywird research-Problem Identification

    2. On-Page SEO Improvements

    • Created a clear H1-H3 structure
    • Wrote a new, keyword-rich meta description
    • Added image alt text and SEO-friendly file names
    • Optimised internal anchor text linking to:
      • Pendant Lights
      • Lighting Design Services
      • Luxury Project Pages

    3. UX Layout Enhancements

    • Used bullet points and white space to break down dense sections
    • Embedded relevant images near each topic
    • Added video embed to increase time-on-page
    • Added scannable subheadings and pull quotes for engagement
    • Optimised mobile layout with clean formatting
    • Repositioned content like “Thoughtful Control Systems” mid-way in the blog, using it to engage users with actionable lighting tips.
      • This section, paired with imagery and bullet points, offered a UX boost by presenting complex lighting adjustments (like dimmers and circuits) in a friendly and helpful way.

    Results:

    • After optimising the blog for SEO and UX, the page began receiving organic traffic for the first time:
    • 110 page views and 43 active users recorded within the first month of re-launch (via GA4)
    • Average engagement time increased to 1 minute 59 seconds
    • Internal event count: 288 interactions
    • Blog began ranking for keywords like “skylight lighting tips”, reaching 706 impressions and a 1.13% CTR (via Google Search Console)
    • From a previous search position of not indexed, the blog improved to position 37.4, showing clear movement in Google SERPs
    • These early-stage metrics reflect positive user behaviour and a strong SEO foundation for continued traffic growth.

    Reflection:

    This blog taught me how deeply SEO and UX work hand-in-hand. A well-written article can easily underperform if it’s not aligned with user intent, readability, and metadata best practices. Post-optimisation, this blog became both a lead magnet and a top-ranking resource in Fritz Fryer’s content library.


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